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| name = Thomas Vinterberg
| name = Thomas Vinterberg
| image = Thomas Vinterberg Berlinale 2010.jpg
| image = Thomas Vinterberg Berlinale 2010 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Vinterberg in 2010
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|5|19|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|5|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Frederiksberg]], Denmark
| birth_place = [[Frederiksberg]], [[Denmark]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Film director|producer|screenwriter|actor}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Film director|producer|screenwriter|actor}}
| years_active = 1990–present
| years_active = 1990–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Maria Walbom|1990|2007|reason=divorce}}<br />{{marriage|Helene Reingaard Neumann|2010}}
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'''Thomas Vinterberg''' ({{IPA-da|ˈtsʰʌmæs ˈve̝nˀtɐˌpɛɐ̯ˀ|lang}}; born 19 May 1969) is a Danish film director who, along with [[Lars von Trier]], co-founded the [[Dogme 95]] movement in filmmaking, which established rules for simplifying movie production. He is best known for the films ''[[The Celebration]]'' (1998), ''[[Submarino]]'' (2010), ''[[The Hunt (2012 film)|The Hunt]]'' (2012), ''[[Far from the Madding Crowd (2015 film)|Far from the Madding Crowd]]'' (2015), and ''[[Another Round (film)|Another Round]]'' (2020). For ''Another Round'', he was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Director]] and won the [[Academy Award for Best International Feature Film]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oscars 2021: The Complete Nominations List |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/2021-oscars-nominations-list-nominees-1234928711/ |access-date=28 March 2021 |website=Variety}}</ref>
'''Thomas Vinterberg''' ({{IPA-da|ˈtsʰʌmæs ˈve̝nˀtɐˌpɛɐ̯ˀ|lang}}; born 19 May 1969) is a Danish film director who, along with [[Lars von Trier]], co-founded the [[Dogme 95]] movement in filmmaking, which established rules for simplifying movie production. He is best known for the films ''[[Festen|The Celebration]]'' (1998), ''[[Submarino]]'' (2010), ''[[The Hunt (2012 film)|The Hunt]]'' (2012), ''[[Far from the Madding Crowd (2015 film)|Far from the Madding Crowd]]'' (2015), and ''[[Another Round (film)|Another Round]]'' (2020). For ''Another Round'', he was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Director]] (the first Danish filmmaker nominated for the Best Director category).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-15 |title=Oscar Nom Surprise: 'Another Round' Director Heard His Name, and the Rest Is a Blur |url=https://www.thewrap.com/oscar-nom-surprise-another-round-director-heard-his-name-and-the-rest-is-a-blur/ |access-date=2022-09-06 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Life and career ==
Vinterberg was born in [[Frederiksberg]], Denmark. In 1993, he graduated from the [[National Film School of Denmark]] with ''{{ill|Last Round (film)|lt=Last Round|da|Sidste omgang}}'' (''Sidste omgang''),<ref name="Kosmorama 2007 p. 175">{{cite book |title=Kosmorama |publisher=Danske Filmmuseum |issue=vb. 240 |year=2007 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vzF2dk6dr24C |access-date=14 June 2021 |page=175 |quote=Thomas Vinterberg fandt på Filmskolen sammen med manuskriptforfatteren Bo Hr. Hansen (manus årgang 1991). De skrev sammen hans afgangsfilm Sidste omgang (1993) og siden kortfilmen Drengen der gik baglæns (1994) og ...}}</ref> which won the jury and producers' awards at the [[Internationales Festival der Filmhochschulen München]], and First Prize at [[Tel Aviv]].<ref name="Hallberg Wewerka Messlinger 2001 p. 428">{{cite book |last=Hallberg |first=J. |last2=Wewerka |first2=A. |last3=Messlinger |first3=K. |title=Dogma 95: zwischen Kontrolle und Chaos |publisher=Alexander Verlag |year=2001 |isbn=978-3-89581-047-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mm8cAQAAIAAJ |language=de |access-date=14 June 2021 |page=428 |quote=Sein Abschlußfilm "SIDSTE OMGANG" (1993) wurde sowohl auf dem Internationalen Studentenfestival in München als auch auf dem Festival in Tel Aviv prämiert und 1994 als bester Studentenfilm für ...}}</ref>

The same year, Vinterberg made his first TV drama for [[Danmarks Radio|DR TV]] and his short fiction film ''{{ill|The Boy Who Walked Backwards|da|Drengen der gik baglæns|ru|Мальчик, который ходил задом наперёд}}'',<ref name="Schneider 2007">{{cite book |last=Schneider |first=S.J. |title=501 Movie Directors |publisher=ABC Books |series=501 Things Series |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-7333-2052-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fbf18HMiyBgC |access-date=14 June 2021 |page=626}}</ref> produced by {{ill|Birgitte Hald|da}} at [[Nimbus Film]].<ref name="Danske filminstitut 1996">{{cite book |author=Danske filminstitut |title=Danish Feature Films |publisher=Danish Film Institute |year=1996 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zjUIAQAAMAAJ |access-date=14 June 2021 |page=39}}</ref> The film won awards at the 1994 [[Nordisk Panorama – Nordic Short & Doc Film Festival]], the [[Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival|International Short Film Festival]] in [[Clermont-Ferrand]], and the [[Toronto International Film Festival]].<ref name="Danske filminstitut 1996" />

His first feature film was ''[[The Biggest Heroes]]'' (''De Største Helte''), a road movie that received acclaim in his native [[Denmark]].

In 1995, Vinterberg formed the [[Dogme 95]] movement with [[Lars von Trier]], [[Kristian Levring]], and [[Søren Kragh-Jacobsen]].

Following that dogma in 1998, he conceived, wrote and directed (and also had a small acting role in) the first of the Dogme movies, ''[[The Celebration]]'' (''Festen''). As per the rules of the Dogme manifesto, he did not take a directorial credit. However, he and the film won numerous nominations and awards, including the Jury Prize at the [[1998 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4907/year/1998.html |title=Festival de Cannes: The Celebration |access-date=29 September 2009 |work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref>

In 2003 he directed the [[Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic science fiction|apocalyptic science fiction]] love story ''[[It's All About Love]]'', a movie he wrote, directed and produced himself over a period of five years. This movie was entirely in English and featured, among others, [[Joaquin Phoenix]], [[Claire Danes]], and [[Sean Penn]]. The movie did not do well, as critics and audiences found it idiosyncratic and somewhat incomprehensible.

His next film, the English-language ''[[Dear Wendy]]'' (2005), scripted by [[Lars von Trier]], also flopped, even in his native Denmark where it sold only 14,521 tickets.<ref name="dfi.dk 2007">{{cite web |title=Biograftal for danske film 2006 |website=dfi.dk |date=7 July 2007 |url=http://www.dfi.dk/talogstatistik/biograftal/biotal2006/biotal2006_2.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070707211424/http://www.dfi.dk/talogstatistik/biograftal/biotal2006/biotal2006_2.htm |archive-date=7 July 2007 |url-status=dead |language=da |access-date=1 March 2018}}</ref> However he won the Silver George for Best Director at the [[27th Moscow International Film Festival]].<ref name="Moscow2005">{{cite web |url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=2005 |title=27th Moscow International Film Festival (2005) |access-date=13 April 2013 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403124619/http://moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=2005 |archive-date=3 April 2013}}</ref> Vinterberg then tried to retrace his roots with a smaller Danish-language production, ''[[En mand kommer hjem]]'' (2007), which also flopped, selling only 31,232 tickets.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dfi.dk/talogstatistik/biograftal/biotal/biotal.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=5 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220011929/http://www.dfi.dk/talogstatistik/biograftal/biotal/biotal.htm |archive-date=20 February 2008}}</ref>

On 1 August 2008. he directed the music video for "[[The Day That Never Comes]]", the first single off [[Metallica]]'s album ''[[Death Magnetic]]''.


== Early life and education ==
His 2010 film ''[[Submarino]]'' was nominated for the [[Golden Bear]] at the [[60th Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref name="Berlinale 2010">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2010/02_programm_2010/02_Programm_2010.html |title=60th Berlin International Film Festival: Programme |access-date=16 October 2010 |work=berlinale.de}}</ref>
Vinterberg was born in [[Frederiksberg]], [[Denmark]]. In 1993, he graduated from the [[National Film School of Denmark]] with ''{{ill|Last Round (film)|lt=Last Round|da|Sidste omgang}}'' (''Sidste omgang''),<ref name="Kosmorama 2007 p. 175">{{cite book |title=Kosmorama |publisher=Danske Filmmuseum |issue=vb. 240 |year=2007 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vzF2dk6dr24C |access-date=14 June 2021 |page=175 |quote=Thomas Vinterberg fandt på Filmskolen sammen med manuskriptforfatteren Bo Hr. Hansen (manus årgang 1991). De skrev sammen hans afgangsfilm Sidste omgang (1993) og siden kortfilmen Drengen der gik baglæns (1994) og ...}}</ref> which won the jury and producers' awards at the [[Internationales Festival der Filmhochschulen München]], and First Prize at [[Tel Aviv]].<ref name="Hallberg Wewerka Messlinger 2001 p. 428">{{cite book |last1=Hallberg |first1=J. |last2=Wewerka |first2=A. |last3=Messlinger |first3=K. |title=Dogma 95: zwischen Kontrolle und Chaos |publisher=Alexander Verlag |year=2001 |isbn=978-3-89581-047-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mm8cAQAAIAAJ |language=de |access-date=14 June 2021 |page=428 |quote=Sein Abschlußfilm "SIDSTE OMGANG" (1993) wurde sowohl auf dem Internationalen Studentenfestival in München als auch auf dem Festival in Tel Aviv prämiert und 1994 als bester Studentenfilm für ...}}</ref>


== Career ==
In 2012, his film ''[[The Hunt (2012 film)|The Hunt]]'' competed for the [[Palme d'Or]] at the [[2012 Cannes Film Festival]]<ref name="Official Selection">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/58878.html |title=2012 Official Selection |access-date=25 April 2012 |work=Cannes}}</ref><ref name="timeout">{{cite web |url=https://www.timeout.com/london/feature/2547/cannes-film-festival-2012-line-up-announced |title=Cannes Film Festival 2012 line-up announced |access-date=25 April 2012 |work=Time Out |archive-date=23 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423162352/http://www.timeout.com/london/feature/2547/cannes-film-festival-2012-line-up-announced |url-status=dead}}</ref> and was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] at the [[86th Academy Awards]].
In 1993 Vinterberg made his first TV drama for [[Danmarks Radio|DR TV]] and his short fiction film ''{{ill|The Boy Who Walked Backwards|da|Drengen der gik baglæns|ru|Мальчик, который ходил задом наперёд}}'',<ref name="Schneider 2007">{{cite book |last=Schneider |first=S.J. |title=501 Movie Directors |publisher=ABC Books |series=501 Things Series |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-7333-2052-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fbf18HMiyBgC |access-date=14 June 2021 |page=626}}</ref> produced by {{ill|Birgitte Hald|da}} at [[Nimbus Film]].<ref name="Danske filminstitut 1996">{{cite book |author=Danske filminstitut |title=Danish Feature Films |publisher=Danish Film Institute |year=1996 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zjUIAQAAMAAJ |access-date=14 June 2021 |page=39}}</ref> The film won awards at the 1994 [[Nordisk Panorama Film Festival]], the [[Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival|International Short Film Festival]] in [[Clermont-Ferrand]], and the [[Toronto International Film Festival]].<ref name="Danske filminstitut 1996" /> His first feature film was ''[[The Biggest Heroes]]'' (''De Største Helte''), a road movie that received acclaim in his native [[Denmark]]. In 1995, Vinterberg formed the [[Dogme 95]] movement with [[Lars von Trier]], [[Kristian Levring]], and [[Søren Kragh-Jacobsen]].


Following that dogma in 1998, he conceived, wrote and directed (and also had a small acting role in) the first of the Dogme movies, ''[[Festen|The Celebration]]'' (''Festen''). As per the rules of the Dogme manifesto, he did not take a directorial credit. However, he and the film won numerous nominations and awards, including the Jury Prize at the [[1998 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4907/year/1998.html |title=Festival de Cannes: The Celebration |access-date=29 September 2009 |work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref> At the turn of the century, Vinterberg participated in the experimental broadcast ''D-dag'', where he and three other filmmakers directed broadcasts on four different channels, with the viewer able to switch between them and create their own viewing experience. A final edit was released in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Film According to Dogma {{!}} Dogme95.dk - A tribute to the official Dogme95 |url=http://www.dogme95.dk/interviews/film-according-to-dogma/ |access-date=2022-10-10 |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2015, he directed ''[[Far from the Madding Crowd (2015 film)|Far from the Madding Crowd]]'', an adaptation of the acclaimed [[Thomas Hardy]] [[Far from the Madding Crowd|novel]], starring [[Carey Mulligan]], [[Matthias Schoenaerts]], [[Michael Sheen]] and [[Tom Sturridge]].


In 2003, he directed the [[apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction|apocalyptic science fiction]] romance-drama ''[[It's All About Love]]'', a film he wrote, directed and produced himself over a period of five years. The film was entirely in English and featured, among others, [[Joaquin Phoenix]], [[Claire Danes]], and [[Sean Penn]]. The movie did not do well, as critics and audiences found it idiosyncratic and somewhat incomprehensible. His next film, the English-language ''[[Dear Wendy]]'' (2005), scripted by [[Lars von Trier]], had poor ticket sales in his native Denmark where it sold only 14,521 tickets.<ref name="dfi.dk 2007">{{cite web |title=Biograftal for danske film 2006 |website=dfi.dk |date=7 July 2007 |url=http://www.dfi.dk/talogstatistik/biograftal/biotal2006/biotal2006_2.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070707211424/http://www.dfi.dk/talogstatistik/biograftal/biotal2006/biotal2006_2.htm |archive-date=7 July 2007 |url-status=dead |language=da |access-date=1 March 2018}}</ref> However he won the Silver George for Best Director at the [[27th Moscow International Film Festival]].<ref name="Moscow2005">{{cite web |url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=2005 |title=27th Moscow International Film Festival (2005) |access-date=13 April 2013 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403124619/http://moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=2005 |archive-date=3 April 2013}}</ref> Vinterberg then tried to retrace his roots with a smaller Danish-language production, ''[[A Man Comes Home|En mand kommer hjem]]'' (2007), which also had poor ticket sales in his native Denmark, selling only 31,232 tickets.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dfi.dk/talogstatistik/biograftal/biotal/biotal.htm |title=Aktuelle biograftal for danske film |access-date=5 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220011929/http://www.dfi.dk/talogstatistik/biograftal/biotal/biotal.htm |archive-date=20 February 2008}}</ref>
Vinterberg reunited with [[Matthias Schoenaerts]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Matthias Schoenaerts talks about his next projects at ELLE Style Awards 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-kBVB_pqgk |via=YouTube |date=24 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Matthias Schoenaerts Starring in Submarine Disaster Movie ‘Kursk’ |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/matthias-schoenarts-submarine-disaster-movie-kursk-1201720931/ |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=2 March 2016}}</ref> in ''[[Kursk (film)|Kursk]]'',<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Matthias Schoenaerts & Thomas Vinterberg Reunite On EuropaCorp Sub Tale ‘Kursk’ |url=https://deadline.com/2016/03/matthias-schoenaerts-kursk-thomas-vinterberg-russian-submarine-disaster-far-from-the-madding-crowd-the-danish-girl-1201713019/ |magazine=Deadline Hollywood |date=2 March 2016}}</ref> a film about the [[Kursk submarine disaster]] that happened in 2000.


On 1 August 2008, he directed the music video for "[[The Day That Never Comes]]", the first single off [[Metallica]]'s album ''[[Death Magnetic]]''. His 2010 film ''[[Submarino]]'' was nominated for the [[Golden Bear]] at the [[60th Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref name="Berlinale 2010">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2010/02_programm_2010/02_Programm_2010.html |title=60th Berlin International Film Festival: Programme |access-date=16 October 2010 |work=berlinale.de}}</ref> In 2012, his film ''[[The Hunt (2012 film)|The Hunt]]'' competed for the [[Palme d'Or]] at the [[2012 Cannes Film Festival]]<ref name="Official Selection">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/58878.html |title=2012 Official Selection |access-date=25 April 2012 |work=Cannes}}</ref><ref name="timeout">{{cite web |url=https://www.timeout.com/london/feature/2547/cannes-film-festival-2012-line-up-announced |title=Cannes Film Festival 2012 line-up announced |access-date=25 April 2012 |work=Time Out |archive-date=23 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423162352/http://www.timeout.com/london/feature/2547/cannes-film-festival-2012-line-up-announced |url-status=dead}}</ref> and was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best International Feature Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] at the [[86th Academy Awards]].
In 2019, Vinterberg lost his daughter Ida in a car accident while she was traveling home from Belgium with her mother. As such, he dedicated ''[[Another Round (film)|Another Round]]'' (''Druk'') to her, while filming much of the film in her school with her classmates.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Christensen |first1=Kasper Madsbøll |title=Thomas Vinterberg mistede sin datter i en tragisk ulykke: Nu hylder han hende i ny film |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/kultur/film/thomas-vinterberg-mistede-sin-datter-i-en-tragisk-ulykke-nu-hylder-han-hende-i |access-date=14 December 2020 |work=dr.dk |agency=DR |date=21 June 2020 |language=da}}</ref> Vinterberg was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Director]] for the film, which also won the [[BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language]]. He also won the [[Academy Award for Best International Feature Film]] which he dedicated to Ida.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/25/entertainment/thomas-vinterberg-another-round/index.html |title=Thomas Vinterberg pays tribute to late daughter in Oscar speech |publisher=CNN}}</ref>


In 2015, he directed ''[[Far from the Madding Crowd (2015 film)|Far from the Madding Crowd]]'', an adaptation of the acclaimed [[Thomas Hardy]] [[Far from the Madding Crowd|novel]], starring [[Carey Mulligan]], [[Matthias Schoenaerts]], [[Michael Sheen]] and [[Tom Sturridge]]. Vinterberg reunited with [[Matthias Schoenaerts]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Matthias Schoenaerts talks about his next projects at ELLE Style Awards 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-kBVB_pqgk |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/7-kBVB_pqgk| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|via=YouTube |date=24 February 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Matthias Schoenaerts Starring in Submarine Disaster Movie 'Kursk' |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/matthias-schoenarts-submarine-disaster-movie-kursk-1201720931/ |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=2 March 2016}}</ref> in ''[[Kursk (film)|Kursk]]'',<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Matthias Schoenaerts & Thomas Vinterberg Reunite On EuropaCorp Sub Tale 'Kursk' |url=https://deadline.com/2016/03/matthias-schoenaerts-kursk-thomas-vinterberg-russian-submarine-disaster-far-from-the-madding-crowd-the-danish-girl-1201713019/ |magazine=Deadline Hollywood |date=2 March 2016}}</ref> a film about the [[Kursk submarine disaster]] that happened in 2000.
He is currently developing his first foray into directing for TV with an original six-episode series called Families Like Ours which explores a near-future Denmark when the country is gradually evacuated due to [[sea level rise|rising sea levels]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Screen Daily exclusive: Thomas Vinterberg moves into TV with ‘Families Like Ours’ {{!}} TrustNordisk|url=http://www.trustnordisk.com/content/screen-daily-exclusive-thomas-vinterberg-moves-tv-families-ours|access-date=24 September 2020|website=www.trustnordisk.com}}</ref>


In 2019, Vinterberg lost his daughter Ida in a car accident while she was traveling home from Belgium with her mother. As such, he dedicated ''[[Another Round (film)|Another Round]]'' (''Druk'') to her, while filming much of the film in her school with her classmates.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Christensen |first1=Kasper Madsbøll |title=Thomas Vinterberg mistede sin datter i en tragisk ulykke: Nu hylder han hende i ny film |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/kultur/film/thomas-vinterberg-mistede-sin-datter-i-en-tragisk-ulykke-nu-hylder-han-hende-i |access-date=14 December 2020 |work=dr.dk |agency=DR |date=21 June 2020 |language=da}}</ref> Vinterberg was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Director]] for the film, which also won the [[BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language]] and the [[Academy Award for Best International Feature Film]]; he dedicated the latter award to Ida.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/25/entertainment/thomas-vinterberg-another-round/index.html |title=Thomas Vinterberg pays tribute to late daughter in Oscar speech |publisher=CNN}}</ref> He is currently developing his first foray into directing for TV with an original six-episode series called ''Families Like Ours'' which explores a near-future Denmark when the country is gradually evacuated due to [[sea level rise|rising sea levels]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Screen Daily exclusive: Thomas Vinterberg moves into TV with 'Families Like Ours' {{!}} TrustNordisk|url=http://www.trustnordisk.com/content/screen-daily-exclusive-thomas-vinterberg-moves-tv-families-ours|access-date=24 September 2020|website=www.trustnordisk.com}}</ref>
== Honours ==
In April 2016, the French government appointed Vinterberg a [[Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/cinema/2016/04/29/03002-20160429ARTFIG00084-les-danois-mads-mikkelsen-et-thomas-vinterberg-decores-par-la-france.php |title=Les Danois Mads Mikkelsen et Thomas Vinterberg décorés par la France |work=Le Figaro |date=29 April 2016 |access-date=11 May 2016 |language=fr}}</ref>


== Filmography ==
== Filmography ==
=== Short film ===
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! Year
! Year
! Title
! Title<ref>{{cite web |title=Thomas Vinterberg |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/person/thomas-vinterberg |website=dfi.dk |publisher=Danish Film Institute |access-date=14 December 2020}}</ref>
! width="65" | Director
! width="65"| Director
! width="65" | Writer
! width="65"| Writer
! Producer
! Notes
|-
|-
| 1990
| 1990
| ''{{ill|Sneblind|da}}'' / {{lang|da|Sneblind}}
| ''Sneblind''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes|Executive}}
| short
|-
|-
| 1991
| 1991
| {{lang|da|Brudevalsen}}
| ''Brudevalsen''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| short
| {{no}}
|-
|-
| 1993
|rowspan=2| 1993
| ''{{ill|Last Round (film)|lt=Last Round|da|Sidste omgang}}'' / {{lang|da|Sidste omgang}}
| ''Sidste omgang''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| short
| {{no}}
|-
|-
| ''Slaget på tasken''
| 1993
| {{lang|da|Slaget på tasken}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| short
| {{no}}
|-
|-
| 1994
| 1994
| ''Drengen der gik baglæns''
| ''{{ill|The Boy Who Walked Backwards|da|Drengen der gik baglæns|ru|Мальчик, который ходил задом наперёд}}'' / {{lang|da|Drengen der gik baglæns}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| short
| {{yes}}
|}

=== Feature film===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! width="65"| Director
! width="65"| Writer
! Notes
|-
|-
| 1996
| 1996
| ''[[The Biggest Heroes]]'' / {{lang|da|De største helte}}
| ''[[The Biggest Heroes]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|written with {{ill|Bo Hr. Hansen|da}}
|
|-
|-
| 1998
| 1998
| ''[[The Celebration]]'' / {{lang|da|Festen}}
| ''[[Festen|The Celebration]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|uncredited as director, written with [[Mogens Rukov]]
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| 2001
| ''D-Day'' / {{lang|da|D-Dag}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| TV movie
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| 2003
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|written with [[Mogens Rukov]]
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| 2005
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| 2007
| 2007
| ''[[A Man Comes Home]]'' / {{lang|da|En mand kommer hjem}}
| ''[[A Man Comes Home]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|written with [[Mogens Rukov]]
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| 2010
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| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|written with [[Tobias Lindholm]]
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| 2012
| 2012
| ''[[The Hunt (2012 film)|The Hunt]]'' / {{lang|da|Jagten}}
| ''[[The Hunt (2012 film)|The Hunt]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| also producer, written with [[Tobias Lindholm]]
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|based on the [[Far from the Madding Crowd|book of the same name]]
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| 2016
| 2016
| ''[[The Commune]]'' / {{lang|da|Kollektivet}}
| ''[[The Commune]]''
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| {{yes}}
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| {{yes}}
|written with [[Tobias Lindholm]]
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|based on the book ''A Time to Die''
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| 2020
| 2020
| ''[[Another Round (film)|Another Round]]'' / {{lang|da|Druk}}
| ''[[Another Round (film)|Another Round]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|written with [[Tobias Lindholm]]
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=== Television ===
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! Title
! width="65"| Director
! width="65"| Writer
! Notes
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| 2001
| ''D-Day''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| Experimental film, in collaboration with [[Søren Kragh-Jacobsen]], [[Kristian Levring]], and [[Lars von Trier]]
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| 2023
| ''Families Like Ours''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Miniseries
|}

== Awards and honours ==
In April 2016, the French government appointed Vinterberg a [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/cinema/2016/04/29/03002-20160429ARTFIG00084-les-danois-mads-mikkelsen-et-thomas-vinterberg-decores-par-la-france.php |title=Les Danois Mads Mikkelsen et Thomas Vinterberg décorés par la France |work=Le Figaro |date=29 April 2016 |access-date=11 May 2016 |language=fr}}</ref> For his film ''Another Round'' he was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Director]] and won the [[BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Film|BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oscars-2021-winners-list-nominees/|title= Oscars 2021: Full list of winners and nominees|website= [[CBS News]]|accessdate= March 18, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bafta.org/film/awards/2021-nominations-winners|title= 2021 EE British Academy Film Awards: The Winners|website= [[BAFTA Awards|bafta.org]]|accessdate= March 18, 2024}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 14:30, 18 March 2024

Thomas Vinterberg
Vinterberg in 2010
Born (1969-05-19) 19 May 1969 (age 55)
Frederiksberg, Denmark
Occupations
  • Film director
  • producer
  • screenwriter
  • actor
Years active1990–present
Spouses
Maria Walbom
​
​
(m. 1990; div. 2007)​
Helene Reingaard Neumann
​
​
(m. 2010)​

Thomas Vinterberg (Danish: [ˈtsʰʌmæs ˈve̝nˀtɐˌpɛɐ̯ˀ]; born 19 May 1969) is a Danish film director who, along with Lars von Trier, co-founded the Dogme 95 movement in filmmaking, which established rules for simplifying movie production. He is best known for the films The Celebration (1998), Submarino (2010), The Hunt (2012), Far from the Madding Crowd (2015), and Another Round (2020). For Another Round, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director (the first Danish filmmaker nominated for the Best Director category).[1]

Early life and education[edit]

Vinterberg was born in Frederiksberg, Denmark. In 1993, he graduated from the National Film School of Denmark with Last Round [da] (Sidste omgang),[2] which won the jury and producers' awards at the Internationales Festival der Filmhochschulen München, and First Prize at Tel Aviv.[3]

Career[edit]

In 1993 Vinterberg made his first TV drama for DR TV and his short fiction film The Boy Who Walked Backwards [da; ru],[4] produced by Birgitte Hald [da] at Nimbus Film.[5] The film won awards at the 1994 Nordisk Panorama Film Festival, the International Short Film Festival in Clermont-Ferrand, and the Toronto International Film Festival.[5] His first feature film was The Biggest Heroes (De Største Helte), a road movie that received acclaim in his native Denmark. In 1995, Vinterberg formed the Dogme 95 movement with Lars von Trier, Kristian Levring, and Søren Kragh-Jacobsen.

Following that dogma in 1998, he conceived, wrote and directed (and also had a small acting role in) the first of the Dogme movies, The Celebration (Festen). As per the rules of the Dogme manifesto, he did not take a directorial credit. However, he and the film won numerous nominations and awards, including the Jury Prize at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.[6] At the turn of the century, Vinterberg participated in the experimental broadcast D-dag, where he and three other filmmakers directed broadcasts on four different channels, with the viewer able to switch between them and create their own viewing experience. A final edit was released in 2001.[7]

In 2003, he directed the apocalyptic science fiction romance-drama It's All About Love, a film he wrote, directed and produced himself over a period of five years. The film was entirely in English and featured, among others, Joaquin Phoenix, Claire Danes, and Sean Penn. The movie did not do well, as critics and audiences found it idiosyncratic and somewhat incomprehensible. His next film, the English-language Dear Wendy (2005), scripted by Lars von Trier, had poor ticket sales in his native Denmark where it sold only 14,521 tickets.[8] However he won the Silver George for Best Director at the 27th Moscow International Film Festival.[9] Vinterberg then tried to retrace his roots with a smaller Danish-language production, En mand kommer hjem (2007), which also had poor ticket sales in his native Denmark, selling only 31,232 tickets.[10]

On 1 August 2008, he directed the music video for "The Day That Never Comes", the first single off Metallica's album Death Magnetic. His 2010 film Submarino was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival.[11] In 2012, his film The Hunt competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival[12][13] and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards.

In 2015, he directed Far from the Madding Crowd, an adaptation of the acclaimed Thomas Hardy novel, starring Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen and Tom Sturridge. Vinterberg reunited with Matthias Schoenaerts[14][15] in Kursk,[16] a film about the Kursk submarine disaster that happened in 2000.

In 2019, Vinterberg lost his daughter Ida in a car accident while she was traveling home from Belgium with her mother. As such, he dedicated Another Round (Druk) to her, while filming much of the film in her school with her classmates.[17] Vinterberg was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for the film, which also won the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language and the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film; he dedicated the latter award to Ida.[18] He is currently developing his first foray into directing for TV with an original six-episode series called Families Like Ours which explores a near-future Denmark when the country is gradually evacuated due to rising sea levels.[19]

Filmography[edit]

Short film[edit]

Year Title Director Writer Producer
1990 Sneblind Yes No Executive
1991 Brudevalsen Yes Yes No
1993 Sidste omgang Yes Yes No
Slaget på tasken Yes Yes No
1994 Drengen der gik baglæns Yes Yes Yes

Feature film[edit]

Year Title Director Writer Notes
1996 The Biggest Heroes Yes Yes written with Bo Hr. Hansen [da]
1998 The Celebration Yes Yes uncredited as director, written with Mogens Rukov
2003 It's All About Love Yes Yes written with Mogens Rukov
2005 Dear Wendy Yes No
2007 A Man Comes Home Yes Yes written with Mogens Rukov
2010 Submarino Yes Yes written with Tobias Lindholm
2012 The Hunt Yes Yes also producer, written with Tobias Lindholm
2015 Far from the Madding Crowd Yes No based on the book of the same name
2016 The Commune Yes Yes written with Tobias Lindholm
2018 Kursk Yes No based on the book A Time to Die
2020 Another Round Yes Yes written with Tobias Lindholm

Television[edit]

Year Title Director Writer Notes
2001 D-Day Yes No Experimental film, in collaboration with Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, Kristian Levring, and Lars von Trier
2023 Families Like Ours Yes Yes Miniseries

Awards and honours[edit]

In April 2016, the French government appointed Vinterberg a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.[20] For his film Another Round he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and won the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language.[21][22]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Oscar Nom Surprise: 'Another Round' Director Heard His Name, and the Rest Is a Blur". 15 March 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  2. ^ Kosmorama. Danske Filmmuseum. 2007. p. 175. Retrieved 14 June 2021. Thomas Vinterberg fandt på Filmskolen sammen med manuskriptforfatteren Bo Hr. Hansen (manus årgang 1991). De skrev sammen hans afgangsfilm Sidste omgang (1993) og siden kortfilmen Drengen der gik baglæns (1994) og ...
  3. ^ Hallberg, J.; Wewerka, A.; Messlinger, K. (2001). Dogma 95: zwischen Kontrolle und Chaos (in German). Alexander Verlag. p. 428. ISBN 978-3-89581-047-3. Retrieved 14 June 2021. Sein Abschlußfilm "SIDSTE OMGANG" (1993) wurde sowohl auf dem Internationalen Studentenfestival in München als auch auf dem Festival in Tel Aviv prämiert und 1994 als bester Studentenfilm für ...
  4. ^ Schneider, S.J. (2007). 501 Movie Directors. 501 Things Series. ABC Books. p. 626. ISBN 978-0-7333-2052-1. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  5. ^ a b Danske filminstitut (1996). Danish Feature Films. Danish Film Institute. p. 39. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Celebration". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
  7. ^ "Film According to Dogma | Dogme95.dk - A tribute to the official Dogme95". Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Biograftal for danske film 2006". dfi.dk (in Danish). 7 July 2007. Archived from the original on 7 July 2007. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  9. ^ "27th Moscow International Film Festival (2005)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 3 April 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  10. ^ "Aktuelle biograftal for danske film". Archived from the original on 20 February 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2008.
  11. ^ "60th Berlin International Film Festival: Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
  12. ^ "2012 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  13. ^ "Cannes Film Festival 2012 line-up announced". Time Out. Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  14. ^ "Matthias Schoenaerts talks about his next projects at ELLE Style Awards 2016". 24 February 2016. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021 – via YouTube.
  15. ^ "Matthias Schoenaerts Starring in Submarine Disaster Movie 'Kursk'". Variety. 2 March 2016.
  16. ^ "Matthias Schoenaerts & Thomas Vinterberg Reunite On EuropaCorp Sub Tale 'Kursk'". Deadline Hollywood. 2 March 2016.
  17. ^ Christensen, Kasper Madsbøll (21 June 2020). "Thomas Vinterberg mistede sin datter i en tragisk ulykke: Nu hylder han hende i ny film". dr.dk (in Danish). DR. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  18. ^ "Thomas Vinterberg pays tribute to late daughter in Oscar speech". CNN.
  19. ^ "Screen Daily exclusive: Thomas Vinterberg moves into TV with 'Families Like Ours' | TrustNordisk". www.trustnordisk.com. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  20. ^ "Les Danois Mads Mikkelsen et Thomas Vinterberg décorés par la France". Le Figaro (in French). 29 April 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  21. ^ "Oscars 2021: Full list of winners and nominees". CBS News. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  22. ^ "2021 EE British Academy Film Awards: The Winners". bafta.org. Retrieved 18 March 2024.

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